#5E5618#5E5618

#5E5618 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.081 H 101.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5618
RGB	rgb(94, 86, 24)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 74.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.18, -4.80, 35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.18, 35.87, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(44.82% -0.0166 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(44.82% 0.081 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1091, 9.1016, 2.1936)
Luminance	0.0910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5618 #18205E

analogous

#5E3318 #5E5618 #435E18

triadic

#5E5618 #185E56 #56185E

tetradic

#5E5618 #185E33 #18205E #5E1843

square

#5E5618 #185E33 #18205E #5E1843

split-complementary

#5E5618 #18435E #33185E

monochromatic

#181606 #2D290C #5E5618 #8F8324 #C0AF31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#5E5618 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#5E5618 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5618

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5618	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5618	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E530F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5618;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 86, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.081 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8559',
    500: '#5e5618',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5618;
$custom-light: #8e8559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5618",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44818,
    "c": 0.08106,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5618

secondary

#3D4794

accent

#57E345

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5618

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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